William PROCTOR

Family/Spouse: Jane (Jean) (UNKNOWN), Proctor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

While it is based on circumstantial evidence, Dr. Russell Bynum
Proctor and Ben Proctor think that Wllliam Proctor, Sr. is the beginning
of Ben's line.

Note that Grey is changed to Gray at this point. This name appears
in almost every generation. A William Graye in London was Executor of the
Will of John Proctor, father of the five brothers who landed in Virginia
between 1611 and 1635. Vol.2 p27

NOTE: Two additional Proctors moved to Edgecombe County, North
Carolina. in 1760, Joshua (not our progenitor) of Surry County, Virginia,
and John of Granville County, Virginia. Vol.2 p27

Grey married Ann STUART, Proctor. Ann was born about 1686 in Southwark Parrish, Surry, Virginia, United States; died about 1740 in North Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Grey  Proctor moved to North Carolina ca 1690 to a location near
Fishing Creek in the area where present day Halifax, Nash and Edgecombe
Counties converge. The number and names of his daughters. if any, are
unknown.

The first official record of Edgecombe County (then Bertie County),
North Carolina. was land purchased by John Proctor in 1713. vol.2 p26

Notes:

Research in Virginia by Dr. Russell Bynum Proctor disclosed
that a minimum of seven Joshua Proctors lived in Surry County, Virginia,
between 1650 and 1742. vol.2 p25